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You Better Work

A Lifetime's Limerick

By Ulysses TuggyPublished 3 years ago 1 min read

You better get up, clean up, eat up, and get out the door

commute to work, day after day, for years, maybe threescore

and on your death bed

let it never be said

"If only I had enough time to work some more!"

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About the Creator

Ulysses Tuggy

Educator, gardener, Dungeon Master, and novelist. Author of the near-future mecha science fiction novels Tulpa Uprising, Tulpa War, and Tulpa Rebirth. Candidly carries Cassandra's curse.

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